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KDE Linux To Provide Better Hardware Support & Better Performance (www.phoronix.com)
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Following the September release of the KDE LInux reference distribution for the KDE desktop in alpha form, KDE Linux developers have been working toward the beta release with more improvements to this open-source desktop distro.

KDE Linux as a reminder is KDE's reference platform while leveraging an immutable base OS and Arch Linux packages for the core platform. KDE Linux will ship with all the latest and greatest KDE software releases.

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong on all or even most points, but just by itself this comment is basically a marketing post.

KDE is relatively smaller in scope than GNOME.

By what measure, and which parts of the projects are you taking into account?

Besides, GNOME has taken on its own hurdles like compatibility across devices,[...]

KDE has also taken on its own hurdles. By the way, compatibility across devices is one of the best examples of feature creep if you don't need it, as most Desktop users don't!

[...]the userbase is also different so they’re less likely to contribute towards areas like gaming for example.

Don't see how that's relevant to the development speed of the environments and their customizability.

What lets GNOME dominate developer wise right now[...]

Again, by what measure? Does it result in faster development of helpful features for my workflow?

[...]and outreach programs like GNOME circle.

KDE also has outreach programs, so this also doesn't show much.

[–] imecth@fedia.io 1 points 4 weeks ago

but just by itself this comment is basically a marketing post.

We're 3 comments deep in a 20 hour old topic, nobody but us will be reading this.

KDE also has outreach programs

I'm curious, do you have any links?